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Vision
 Interpersonal Skills
 Leadership & Implementation
Assessment
 Planning
 Management
Over the past three years, I have been responsible for providing dozens of workshops to hundreds of teachers. As a result of that work, teachers have been better prepared to meet the changing demands of a complex environment as they prepare our students to meet their futures. The development and presentation of professional development requires careful planning and the management of the learning environment to assure an efficient delivery of instruction.

These are a sample of the professional learning opportunities I have developed and presented to teachers and administrators in our twenty-seven districts.
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Curriculum, Standards

  • Common Core State Standards: Introduction & Overview
  • Common Core State Standards: ELA Grades 6-12
  • Curriculum Mapping: Introduction
  • Curriculum Mapping: Identifying Content & Skills
  • Curriculum Mapping: Unit Naming
  • Curriculum Mapping: Unwrapping Content, Skills, & Standards

Assessment, Data, & Compliance

  • Data Mentor: A Resource for Teachers
  • Data Warehouse for Administrators
  • Data Warehouse: Using Reports to Inform Instruction
  • Presenting Your District’s Data & School Report Card
  • Scoring the Comprehensive ELA Exam
  • Scoring the NYS ELA Assessments, Grades 3-8
  • Using TInkerPlots to Examine Student Assessment Responses
  • Using Data Warehouse to Access Student Assessment Data
  • Using State Assessment Data to Inform Instruction

Technology & 21st Century Skills

  • Copyright, Plagiarism, & Digital Rights
  • Developing Your Students’ 21st Century Literacy Skills
  • Differentiated Instruction in the Secondary ELA Classroom
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom
  • Internet Literacy Tools
  • Internet Tools for Improving Literacy in the Secondary Classroom
  • Teaching Collaboration with Google Docs
  • Using iMovie in the Classroom
  • Using the iPod Touch in the Classroom
  • Teaching Students to Become Effective Presenters
  • Using the iPod Touch to Teach Literacy in the Primary Classroom
  • Using Wikis to Promote Collaboration in the Classroom

Classroom Practice

  • Improving Your Students Critical Thinking Skills
  • Reading & Writing in the Content Areas
  • Response to Intervention: An Introduction for Teachers
  • Socrates and the Essential Question
  • Using Formative Assessment to Monitor Learning & Inform Instruction